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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10343

24 March 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/iceland
Parliamentarians call for progress on fisheries issues

Brussels, 23/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - On 22 March, the European Parliament (EP) foreign affairs committee adopted the report by Cristian Dan Preda (EPP, Romania) on progress made by Iceland since accession negotiations were opened in July 2010. MEPs hailed the prospect of welcoming one of Europe's oldest democracies, with its efficient market economy, into the EU but are very aware of the sensitive issues that could prove problematic, particularly whale hunting, which is banned in the EU,...

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